The American Citizen

THE AMERICAN CITIZEN. The Oldest Negro Paper devoted to the Race in thisSection IBERAL COMMISSION PAID RELIABLE AGENTS FOR THIS PAPER CALL HERE HE MATTER WITH KANSAS CITY, KAS. City Locals. Call up 1516 West—with your news not right we will fix it Easter will be generally observed with appropriate exercises at all the churches Grand rally at the A. M. F. church $5,000 BEHIND. Must raise this amount on MINISTER TO MODERN VANITY. What the America Citie would like to see. in the Kansas City, to which we all allygiance, and in which we are allply interested, there are no real divi-lies Whether it be a misfortune out the state torder line runs through street in one of the most important acturing and wholesale districts not in argument here. A separate municipal and county administration of Kansas City Kans., is of small consequence if that portion of the greater Kan City, keeps pace with the rest in letters concerning civic pride and mutual progress. Kansas City Kansas is a great city in itself. Not only is it the largest city in Kansas, but one of the largest cities in West. It ranks in population with Joseph and Omaha and in Industrial enterprises is greater than either. These facts little known outside of greatly Kansas City itself. But few people in the Kansas City will deny that the municipality across the line does not have the rank it is rightfully entitled to a city of beauty and advancement. One who do not know will ask why it is so. Those familiar with existing conditions do not need to ask. It is because there is a lack of the cohesive river of live public spirit on the other side of the river—the spirit which would be for civic improvement and a unification of ideas on the subject of boules, parks, more beautiful resident streets and facilities for housing the thousands of workingmen who might and homes there. In other words a Kansas City spirit" must be made tribute to Kansas City, Kansas, as well Kansas City, Mo. the two municipalities are one city always will be one, their destiny is same and they should move along at some swinging gait. If it were not the imaginary state line that divides two cities, no one could imagine a link in the continuity of common interests. As a matter of fact, much of the industrial and commercial greatness Kansas City is located geographically Kansas. It has been left for Kansas city the larger to spread the fame of the big community at the mouth of the law, and those of Wyandotte county have been content to let this advertise suit suffice for their. This does not mean that there are no enterprising cities in Kansas City, Kansas, but more that these factors have not agreed among themselves on a programme that would invite their own local interests the principal news that comes out of Kansas City, Kansas. It is a day that does not bring I.s sensation beyond the Kaw, but this sensation invariably connected with politics. In this the people of that city are very much alive. A stranger gains the impression that there is intermingle struggling over factions and party spoils over there. What is needed is less politics and more business, less stanbing about the street corners abusing the opression and more meetings for harmonious discussion of material improvements that will make the town more attractive, real estate more active and enhance property values. Kansas City, Kansas is a great and wonderfully prosperous municipality, and some day it will find itself. It will discover that a branch of politics that keeps the city in a constant turmoil from one election to another to the exclusion of subjects of real importance its bad for any town. It is the good people of Kansas City, Kansas to their opportunities to develop as a proud and attractive part of the whole settlement of greater Kansas City—Kansas City Mo., Journal Wednesday. Publication Notice Port of Common Pleas af Wyan- bone County, Kansas. Mary Braga divers. Defendant. To the above named defendants you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 20th day of January A. D. 1980, the petition filed against you will be taken as true and a judgement rendered against you the nature of which will be a degree forecosing a certain mortgage, given by the defender Otis Divers, on the following described real property to-wit: -The south one half, of the North-west quarter of the south-west quarter of section twenty of township eleven, of range twenty four, in Wyandotte County, Kansas and excluding you and all you from all interest in said land, and ordering the sale of said land in pursuance of said judgement and for costs of this action. I. F. Bradley, Atty, for Plff. Best; J. I. Bckers, Clerk. City Locals. Call up JEff West—with your news not right we will fix it. If you have visitors from out of city, sickness or death in your family, call us up, its news 1968West. Rev. L. C. Eskridge of St. Louis, Mo. is in the city and will preach at S. H. Johnson's mission. Mr. M. C. Jones of 310 Oakland ave., is indisposed this week. Mrs. Mary Goldman of N. 5 st. is able to be up after a short illness. Mrs. F. Herold at the foot of Oakland av is on the sick list this week. Mrs. Julia Giles of Persons, Kas., is in the city and will doubtless make this her future home. Mrs. Amanda Lewis of 430 Walker st. is slowly improving. Miss Etta Scott returned this week from Topeka where she assisted in a grand rally of A. M. E. church in that city. Misses Nellie Hilderbran, of Las Vegas N. M. Minnie Gilmore, of Leavenworth Florence Jones of Atchison spent Friday in the city the guest of Mrs. Alice Bailey 411 Neb., avenue. Mrs. M. J. Mavo of Independence Mo. was the guest of Mrs. Robt. Mitchell this week. Mrs. Alice Bailey returnrd home from Hot Springs Ark., much improved in health. Saint Phillips Primitive Bapt. church will meet Saturday at 11 o'clock to hold a two days meeting at 4th and Jersey ave. Kansas City, Kans. Elder M. Phillips, pastor. Mr. S. H. Randolph our enterprising railway mail clerk is at the head of a grand swell entertainment and hall to be given on the 18th at the Knight of Tabor Hall for the benefit of the Orphans home it promises to be an elaborate affair. Don't miss it if you are looking for a good time, peace and harmony will prevail. The West Side hotel which is situated at 628 W.8th st. containing 26 nice rooms well be upon on or about the 20th. Mrs. E. Wilson who has run a rooming house for a number of years at 921 Central av. this hotel above mention is in a splendid location. Mrs. Wilson will serve you a good meal and nice room. There will be a grand rally at M. E. church near the cor. 9th and Everett Sts. on the first Sunday in May, Rev. L. E. Hayes is a great worker and deserves much praise for the much needed work that he has accomplished for the benefit of this church during the short time he has been in this city. Mr. Wm. Napper and Rebecca Saunders were united in the holy bonds of matrimony Monday morning, this week by the Rev. A. M. Ward. Both are well known people having been almost reared in this city. Our congratulations. The Maple Leaf Temple of S. M. M. T's Musical and Literary entertainment at the M. and O. hall on last Monday eve., was a glowing success in the point of entertainment and financially as well. Two prizes were given away to the two selling the largest number of ticket, the following were the fortunate ones Miss Ella Neal received a gold ring having sold $15, worth of tickets and Miss Ella Day who sold $10.00 worth an umbrella. The funeral of Mr. Joseph Simpson who died Saturday evening was held Tuesday afternoon from the Metropoli-Baptist church, Mr. Simpson was well known in the two Kansas Cities having lived here for many years. He leaves a widow, several children, sister and a brother. Mr. Morris Ewing of the west end died Wed. eve. after a long illness. The funeral services of Mrs Mamie Gaddie who after a long illness died carly in the week, was held Wednesday afternoon from the King Solomon Baptist church under the auspices of the Pearly Gates Kansas Temple S. M. T's. Rev. Gordon and Psaulter officiated. Mrs. Gaddie resided at 41u Oakland and was the wife of Robert Gaddie. As we go to press we are informed of the death of Sheriff Alex Gunning down in Arkansas. The report is prusumed to be true as Mr. Gunning is on a fishing excursion in that country. Everybody should Register at once as Friday next is your last chance. Don't mise your vote. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS FRIDAY EVENING. Easter will be generally observed with appropriate exercises at all the churches Grand rally at the A. M. F. church Sunday. Booker T. Washington, the renowned will lecture at Convention hall on May 4th, benefit Douglass hospital. So True. The home most endeared to the heart of husband and wife is that which has been built up bit by bit. A little now and a little later on, wherein each piece of furniture represents many loving acts of self denial and person sacrifices, and around which lingers the memory of the scheming and plotting the getting of i, gave rise to, and of the pleasure when it was got. Ask the happy aged couple to whom prosperity has been the growth of years, says Woman's Life. They will tell you the happiest time in their live were the first few years of married life, wher, with mutual love and self-denying patience, they build up their little home and watched prosperity gathering round them.—Exchange. Save Your Money. Too many of our people lack the prudence necessary to a wise use of money. Thousands of them do not what they ought to refrain from buying. Thousands are made poor by the habit of spending money on every foolish they see that pleases their fancy. They waste much money on finery and clothes; they waste it on sweet meats and nick-nacks, they spend somewhere and somehow every cent of their income, and seem to think they are oppressed because they cannot have more money to waste on spendthrift habits. Many people who cannot afford it buy too costly food and raiment. Many rent too fine houses. This lack of pruder cee, this reckless extravagance is bringing untold sorrow upon our people each year. Poor people should be persuaded to live within their income and to save a little margin for the rainy days. Fine clothes and costly furniture afford little relief when they are all purchased and the installment man is required to move to the house in order to collect the bill. Especially should the young Negro be taught to live within the limits of their wages. The man in business can ill afford to make debts, although necessity compels him at times to do so; the man who is not in business can not afford to go in debt. Fine ribbons and clothes are not a necessity, they are a luxury and most any man can find a better use for his money. Industry, frugality and economy are winning cards; let the extravagant portion of our people right about face and employ these redeeming qualities.—Ex. They Say. To be or not to be that is the question What's the matter with Kansas? ask governor Hoch. They never speak as they pass by—is it a sham or a scheme. And are we yst in a dry town? people say so any how. Ha! Ha! There are other wedding bell soon to ring and you would certainly be surprised. That railroad bachelor in the sea foam block has changed his mind—However we will give him rlme. The wedding bells have softly rang at last and the two hearts that were want to beat as one-now beat that way. Its nice to "big to do people." Let me tell you about the girl next door. It doesn't seem like tho girl I use to know. The can shooters union are taking in more members. African Prince Wins. Columbia university's highest oratorical honors went this year to a genuine full-blooded African prince, who won the annual contest today for the George William Curtis medal. Prince Pka Isaka Seme is the name of the winner, and he is a son of the line of chiefs that ruled Zululand up to the time the English gained control. He is a member of the class of 1906 in Columbia college, and is an ardent student, specializing in economics. After getting his bachelor degree from Columbia, Seme will spend three yeare at Oxford and then return to Zululand, where the position of attorney general for his people is being held open for him. The subject of his oration was "The Regeneration of Africa." $5,000 BEHIND. Must raise this amount on Sunday or suffer embarrassment. March and April have been two very busy months with us. The preparation for the annual Foreign Mission Rally to be observed by all the Sunday Schools and churches in sympathy with the work of the National Baptist Convention, and the arduous task of raising money enough to get two missionaries off to Africa and one to South America, necessitated not only extra help but every moment of the time of the Corresponding Secretary either of the field or at the office. It is difficult to prophesy as to the outcome of the rally on Sunday, April 15th. We have tried to reach every Sunday School Superintendent and every pastor an friend of missions in this country, in Africa and the West Indies. Letters, soliciting envelopes and the Herald with its supplement have all gone forth with a prayer that they will not return unto us void. We have done our duty and now we must depend upon the Sunday Schools and churches that certainly have the money to give if they will and upon Almighty God in whose name we labor. This is the final word to the Superintendents and churches. Unless we realize at least $5,000 from this rally the Board will find itself handicapped and embarrassed in meeting its expenses and in paying off the missionaries. When our workers in Africa complain our friends at home are disposed to feel that the Board is not discharging its duty but it takes money to pay missionaries in Africa as surely as it takes money to pay pastors in the United States. We do the best we can with what we receive. There has not been a time when we have failed to lay the case before the churches and Sunday Schools. Now we have asked for the paltry sum of $5,000 and we say to you truthful unless this amount is forthcoming the Board will not be able to mee its obligations, the missionaries will continue to complain and some of our uncharitable churches at home that have not been giving a penny will wonder why its Board would let the missionaries suffer. Pastors, Superintenpents, teachers, children we rest the case with you and beg you in God's name to make the sacrifice of your lives to enable the Board to relieve itself of its indebtedness to the missionaries on the field. The boy who saves. The boy who saves his money becomes the banker, the merchant, the professional man," says Harry Woods. "The boy who never saves a cent makes the man who 'earns his bread by the sweat of his brow,' who never own a home or enjoys the luxuries of life." Colored Bakery. Houston, Texas, has a colored bakery that is doing a good business. Miss Bessie Moody of 240 Franklin ave is indispeped this week. Mrs. Wilson Thatcher of 2021 Water st., who was somewhat seriously hurt by being thrown from a street electric car some weeks ago is now slowly improving. Old-Time Controversies Old-time controversies were often vigorous in language. In a controversy with Milton concerning the divine right of kings Salmasius called his opponent a puny piece of a man, a hymnulus, a dwarf not having a human figure, a bloodless being, a creature of skin and bones, a contemptible pedagogue fit only to flog boys, a rhinoceros, a hangdog looking fellow. The great English poet not only answered in kind, but entered into an extensive correspondence with people in Holland to obtain petty gossip and scandalous anecdotes concerning his opponent. Costlier than Champagne. Although champagne is called the "wealthy water," there are few hotels in the country where one can pay more than $4 a quart for it, while, on the other hand, there are hundreds of places where Burgundy is sold as high as $35 a quart. At one hotel the menu advertises a special brand of this fine wine for $25 a bottle. There are any number of Rhine wines which cost above $8, and there is a big demand for them. Champagne does not improve with age as the other wines do and this probably accounts for the difference. MINISTER TO MODERN VANITY. The Looking-glass, and How It Looks to Men and Women. It is not always for the mere gratification of personal vanity that we should attentively study our mirrors, says the London Chronicle. Socrates advised all young people to look often in their looking-glass to ascertain if they were good-looking—that if they were so they might strive to make their mental attainments correspond, and if they were not, then they might endeavor by the superior accomplishments of their minds to make up for their personal shortcomings. This is excellent advice for vanity-possessed moderns, but it is improbable that the high mental attitude of Socrates is appreciated by them. How the elaborate toilets of to-day could be accomplished without the aid of the mirror it is impossible to imagine. It is popularly supposed that the mirror is the woman's pet possession, but man is by no means averse to contemplating his many charms as reflected therein. A woman frankly confesses her interest in the alluring combination of glass and quicksilver, but the man, while voicing his scorn, proves his superior vanity by his concealed and secretive study of it. He jeers at his wife's cheval glass, but was anything more entirely provocative of human vanity ever invented than the many-sided shaving glass? Slowest Train in the World Slowest Train in the World. Georges Irade, writing in the French Journal Les Sports, claims that after a long and conscientious search he has run to earth the slowest ordinary passenger train in the world. This record-holder is chronicled on page 773 of the Guide Chaix and performs in Spain, a country in which twelve miles an hour is by no means an uncommon rate of speed on the railway between Soto de Rey and Clano Santa Ana. This line is thirteen and three-quarters miles long and it has one station en route, vlz. Sama, which is twelve miles from Soto de Rey and one and three-quarters miles from Clano Santa Ana. Leaving the last named place at 6:25 a. m., the train reaches Sama at 6:55 and Soto de Rey at 8:20. Thus the average rate of speed of the train is under seven miles an hour, while from Clano Santa Ana to Sama the speed is only three and three-quarters miles a hour.—Railway Age. What's the Use? We observe our friend seated in a gloomy corner, chewing an unlighted cigar and mumbling to himself. We ask him if the world is going wrong with him. "It is," he growls. "Say, do you remember last week I said I was going to lick that editor for printing that stuff about me?" "Yes." "I had a right to whip him, because what he printed was not true." "So you said at the time. Did you thrash him?" "I did. I went to his office and eternally lammed him." "Well, you ought to be satisfied. You have avenged yourself." "I have? This week his paper comes out with a long story about how he whipped me, made me acknowledge the other story was true, made me apologize, and then chased me until I hid under a box car in the railway yards." The Rhymeless Song. [On the latest popular models of near-rhymes.] And I never can forget that dear old home. I would take her walking in the fragrant lane. Women Workers in Japan. I have encountered another novelty in Japan—tea and toast in my room at 5 p. m. and dinner at 7:30 o'clock. The chambermaids at the hotel are all men. I haven't seen a woman about the place. The women are probably out gathering rice and wading in mud up to their knees. The women are not only ornamental here; they are useful as well. American women who visit Japan are apt to attract so little attention that they will feel insulted. Our American notion that a woman is an angel is unknown here.—Johnson Globe. APRIL 13, 1.06 hisSection CALL HERE What the America Citizen would like to see. The Negroes of Kansas City, Kansas get together and be men and women no dirty, low down, contemptable under mining; lying and deceitful wretches a menace to the best interest of themselves and thole re whace. NOTE LETS For Rent-To desirable parties(gentleman perfered)well furnished rooms in one of the best families in the city,inquire at this office. Mrs.S. T. Mitchell of 340 Minn.ave.,is proprietress of one of the most desirable clean up-to date Rooming house in the city-charges always reasonable. Nice Furnished Rooms for rent with board or without, will be at home to friends on Thursday,423 Oakland ave Mrs.Annie Williams. Mrs. Reed, 528 Neb.ave., has a few nicely furnished roms to rent. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County kansas. Frank Benton, Plaintiff. vs. Jane Benton, Defendant. The above named defendant will hereby take notice that she has been sued by the above named plaintiff in the above hamed court, and that unless you appear and answer, on or before the 30th day of April, 1806 the petition filed against her will be taken as true and a judgement rendered the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of matrimony existing between the plaintiff and defendant, and divorcing him from her the said defendant, and for cost of this suit. I. F. BRADLEY, Atty, for Pliff Attest: Wm. Needles, Clerk. March 2. Publication Notice. In the Court of Common Pleas of Wya ndotte County, Kansas. L. E. Hayes, Plaintiff, us. Linus S. Wolcott. Frank E. Wolcott. Elliza beth Chapman and her husband J. P. Chap man, Evelyn Collar, F. T. Collar, John Miller W. T. Little and Company and S. F. Scott, et al. Defendants. John Miller, W. T. Little and company and S. F. Scott, non-resident defendants. To you and each of you: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the entitled action, in the Court of Common Pleas of Wyandotte County Kansas, and that unless you answer the petition filed herein on or before Monday April 23rd. 1906, said petition will be taken as true, and a judgment will be rendered in said cause against you and each of you of the following nature to-wit: A judgment in favor of said plaintiff, quieting his title to the following described real estate, situated in Wyandotte City, now a part of Kansas, City Kansas, and more particularly described as lot 15 and 16 in Block 64 in Wyandotte City, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas, restraining and enjoining you and each of you from claiming or attempting to claim any interest in or to, or title to said property or any part thereof, and a further judgment against you and each of you for the costs of said action. L. E. HAYES, Plaintiff. Publication Notice. In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas George Waller, Plaintiff. vs. Anna Waller, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff and that unless you appear and answer on or before the 30th day of April, 1906, the petition will be taken as true and a judgement rendered, the nature of which will be a decree dissolving the bond of matrimony existing between plaintiff and defendant and divorcing plaintiff and defendant t and for cost of this suit. 1. F. Bradley, Atty. for Pliff. Attest: Wm. Needies, Clerk. Moved. NOW IS the time to: Subscribe For the Weeky American Citizen. The Oldest Negro Journal Published Weekly in this part of the Country. Published Weekly at 1510 North 3rd Street KANSAS CITY . . . . KANSAS. W. C. Martin, Editor, Geo. A Dudley, Publisher and Business Manager. Terms of Subscription in Advance. One Year. $1.00 Six Months. 65c Three Months. 40c One Month. 15c Advertising 25 cents per inch First Insertion. A Standing Display 'Ad' for 3 Months or longer 15c per inch, each insertion. Grangemouth is the name of a Moscow editor. Evidently a farmer on the side. Waldorf Astor has become so thoroughly anglicized that he is going to marry an American girl. A clergyman says that bridge whistle leads to mental decline. Why doesn't he try poker for a change? Senator Pettus is declared to be a poor man and fond of poker. The last explains the first, possibly. Perhaps boys should be thankful for whippings, as somebody declares, but they seldom are before they are 45. Sweet Spring is now approaching, and Summer with the rose, so poetry's encroaching upon the field of prose. King Edward was "warmly received" in Paris, but not in the same way as when he used to be prince of Wales. The czar will reserve the right to wield the big stick over the Douma. according to the latest advices from St. Petersburg. We learn from the New York Mail that women are using garters to keep those long, arm-length gloves in place. But do, they hold? Manchuria will be finally evacuated by the Japanese in a few days. It has taken them longer to get out than it did to get in. It is now believed that Anna Gould is going to give Boni one more chance, in spite of the fact that he has taken a great many already. Uruguay should not be blamed for having a revolution. A review of recent South American history shows that it is Uruguay's turn. Asks the editor of the Pittsfield Journal: "Are there four girls with gray eyes in Pittsfield?" Apparently ye scribe means to get busy. Queen Maud of Norway is losing her health because she fears her husband will be killed. This queen business is not all pickles and pie. It was not long ago that all the "success" magazines were pointing to the Pittsburg millionaires as example to the youth of the land. With 10,000 doctors in convention in Boston next summer, the rest of the country ought to have a good opportunity to get well.—Boston Globe. It is a pity that the great romancers of the sea did not live in a generation which affords such thrilling material as the log of the dry dock Dewey. A Minnesota man says he has discovered the cause of the aurora borealis. But what bearing will this have on the price of coal this year? Much to the surprise of everybody, some of the phenomenal ball players added to the leading nines as marvelous discoveries will probably make good. Cheer up, mister! The president of the Dressmakers' National Protective Association says that women's dress will be less expensive this year than ever before. The Japanese, says one of their statesmen, should adopt chairs and develop their legs. Well, short legs did not prevent them from "getting there" in the late war. Portia, as quoted by the editor of a kind of society paper, is made to say: "How far that little scandal throws his beams? So shines a bad deed in this haughty world." News comes from the east that the seventeen-year locusts will, devastate the land this year. How many times in the course of a decade do the seventeen-year locusts come, anyhow? As the last suffragist was detached from the doorknob and put into the police wagon, the premier of the great British Empire crawled out from under his bed and sighed a sigh of relief An actor has become a soldier in order to escape the adulation of matinee girls. We know several actors who should be driven from the stage with a club instead of soft glances. GREAT SINGER IS UNGRATEFUL Mme. Patti Criticises America, Which Made Her Wealthy. Confirmation of the report that Mme. Adelina Patti has made her final tour in the United States is found in her recent criticisms of the American people. This lady, who once lived down on Grand street West, but now dwells in a castle in Wales, largely owing to the generosity of the citizens of this city, has lately discovered that we haven't any appreciation of art, cookery, music or good manners. This is an ill return for all the complimentary words we have uttered about her, not to mention the dollars we have paid to hear her voice. Although she was born in Madrid in February, 1843, she came here with her parents as a child and grew up among the people of New York. Her brother, Carol, used to lead the orchestra at the Grand Opera House, during the Jim Fisk era of French opera-bouffe. Mme. Patti's last tour of this country was not financially successful—a circumstance that may account for her change of heart. The lady, however, insisted upon receiving her contract money to the last dollar. The im presario was almost ruined, although the fault was the diva's own. She couldn't sing! Her voice had lost its fine quality. She wasn't a "diva" any longer. The American people found this out and refused to assist in maintaining Craig y Nos castle.—Brooklyn Eagle. Famous Actors as Negro Minstrels. Jefferson said he thought he was one of the first men to black his face after the appearance and success of "Jim Crow" (T. D.) Rice. "I suppose," said Mrs. Drew, "there are very few men in this company who have not at one time or another been associated with minstrel performances." "I played Brudder Jones," said Mr. Jefferson. "Everybody knows I was in the minstrel business," Goodwin exclaimed. "Yes," I remarked, "because we were there together. "Well," joined in Crane, "I was on the tambourine end with Campbell's minstrels." I remember telling this at Lawrence Barrett's house at Cohasset, where the rest of the party consisted of Edwin Booth and Stuart Robson, Booth then told how he and J. S. Clarke were minstrels in their younger days, and he followed this up by declaring that he used to "pick a little on the banjo." I laughed, and Booth inquired the reason, and I added, "Oh, nothing much, only Booth and the banjo seemed such an odd combination."—Francis Wilson in Scribner's Magazine. O Thou Compassionate. How deeply comforting the tender phrase, Thy greater attribute seem merged in this— Through all life's long and dark and weary maze, Thou art Compassionate. Thou of Justice and of Power we turn When wrong or devastating blow cuts deep; And yet in daily struggle needs must yearn For one Compassionate. In limits of our souls we live, alone, And e'en our nearest may not understand. But all "the household jar within" is known To thee, Compassionate. Thou know's the many sorrows of the day; Wide longing, narrow opportunity—We bring life's broken toys, as children may, To one Compassionate. We may have blundered grievously and long, Darkened Thy world we might have made so bright. Still Thou must heal the heartache and the wrong O Thou Compassionate! —May Ethelyn Bourne, in Overland Monthly. Of No Importance. Two men were standing together on an East River ferryboat when one pointed out a third man with the remark: "I can't recall his name at this moment, but he writes for a number of the magazines." His friend looked at the stranger with much interest. "Oh, one of our frenzied finance captains, is he?" he asked. "No, he—" "Writes up trusts and things, then?" "No, no! He's just a plain author—writes stories." "Oh!" the friend exclaimed, the look of interest suddenly dying out of his face—New York Journal. True to His Promise. The other boy had called Tommy a liar, an' a fightin' liar, and told him he dassen't take it up. Tommy's fists were clinched and his eyes were blazing, but he stood there rapidly repeating something to himself, in accordance with a long standing promise he had made to his mother. "If you'll jist wait till I've finished sayin' it," he said, "I'll knock the tar out o' you, Dick Bunker, you ple faced slob! 'But children, you should never let your angry passions—'" The other boy, however, disappeared around the corner while Tommy's lips were still moving. Flying Wedge. "Great Scott!" exclaimed the drummer who had put up in the old farm house over night. "What was that noise down below? Football rush?" "Worse than that, stranger," chuckled the old farmer, as he snuffed out the candle. "You see, I have eight darters on' each one of them has a beau who calls on Thursday nights. Wall, the first couple that pets the parlor can have it. That's why they are running." LACE SCARF AS EAR TRUMPET. Elderly Lady Has Discovered It Acts as Sounding Board. With advancing years a dear old lady has found that her hearing has become somewhat affected. She has not found it necessary to use an ear trumpet as yet, but it is difficult at times to catch all that friends say. Anything said in an undertone is completely lost to her—that is, it was until she hit upon a novel idea. While visiting a friend recently the hostess had pitched her voice almost to the straining point and her vocal organs were getting tired, when "Aunt Sis," as she is affectionately termed, interrupted her by saying: "Please, dearie, hand me my lace head scarf." "Do you feel a draught?" anxiously inquired the hostess, handing over the mantilla. "Not the slightest," said "Aunt Sis" as she adjusted the head covering. "Then why do you wear it? It will make your head tender." "Oh, I think not. You see, the scarf acts as a sort of sounding board. It keeps out all other sounds except those of the human voice. When I wear this I can hear even a whisper I can't explain why it is, but it is so, nevertheless. I have had lots of fug over it, too. My boys have been taking advantage of my infirmity to whisper per to each other. I didn't hear them before I began to wear this scarf, but now I know lots of their secrets and they don't know it. It's a good joke on them." Fish Know Colors. "Fish know colors," said a keeper at the New York Aquarium the other day. "They can distinguish between red and blue, or white and green, as well as you and I. Wait and I prove it." He led the way to a tank in which were some red and some yellow and some green fish, and in it were artificial grottoes painted respectively red and yellow and green. The keeper roiled the water with his hand, and the fish fled, the red ones to the red grotto, the yellow ones to the yellow grotto, and the green ones to the green grotto. "They know which color shields them from observation best," said he. "Now I'll change the grottoes, so as to prove my statement a second time." He moved the grottoes to different places in the tanks and again roiled the water. The same thing followed as before. Each fish darted like a shot to the grotto of its own color, where it knew it would be best concealed. To the Beloved. Everything that I made I used to bring you. Was it a song, why, then 'twas a song to sing to you. Was it a story, to you I was telling my story. Ah, my dear, could you hear 'mid the bliss and the glory? Did any one praise me, to you I said it all over; My laughter for you: how we laughed in the days past recover? My tears and my troubles were yours; I gave you grieve me. I carried it straight to the love that was sure to relieve me. O my dear, when aught happens, to you I dear, turning. Forgetting how far you have traveled this day from my yearning. There is nobody now to tell things to; your house is so lonely; And still I'm forgetting and bringing my tale to you only. The old days are over; how pleasant they were, the fine weather. When youth and my darling and I were at home and I went out. And still I'm forgetting, ochone, that no longer you're near me. And turn to you still with my tale, and there's no one to hear me. —Pall Mall Gazette. Fate of the Old Presidents. In the autumn of 1901 Mrs. W. of Roxbury spent a few weeks with her daughter in Nova Scotia, returning home shortly before President McKinley was shot, bringing her niece, Bessie F., aged 6 years, home with her. Of course the child heard a good deal of talk in the house about the shooting of the president. One day Bessie said to her aunt: "Aunt Minnie, who is king of the United States?" Her aunt replied: "We have no kings in the United States like you do in your British country. We have presidents. We have an election every four years and elect a new one." "Oh, yes," the child replied; "and then they shoot the old ones, don't they?"—Boston Herald. New City for Egypt Suakin, on the Red sea, has proved an unsatisfactory port and is to be superseded by a brand-new 'rival which has been built up out of coral work and desert sand by the Egyptian authorities. The rival is Port Sudan, the latest addition to the cities of the British empire, and an enthusiast says that it is destined to be a place of magnitude and importance in the days when cotton shall have made it the New Orleans of the east. The place has hitherto been called Mersa Sheikh Barud. It is about 680 miles south of Suez and is capable of holding a dozen vessels of moderate size. The entrance is 600 feet across, and the land around is six feet above sea level. Posers for Scholars Twenty words submitted to a spelling bee in Springfield, Mass., in 1846 were given to the high school class at East Liverpool by Supt. Rayman, and it is reported not one in the class correctly spelled every word. Only ten had averages of over 90 per cent. The average of the 124 pupils was $73\frac{1}{2}$ per cent. The words submitted were accidental, accessible, baptism, chirography, characteristic, deceitful, descendant, eccentric evanescent, fierceness, feligned, ghastliness, gnawed, helness, hysterics, imbecility, inconceivable, inconvenience inefficient, irresistible. *Pittsburgh Dispatch* SHIELDS FOR TRCOPS IN WAR. Their Use Urged by a German Military Writer. A writer in the Militar-Wochenblatt raises anew the question of the use of portable shields for the protection of infantry in the attack, says the Broad Arrow. He writes approvingly of the Japanese spade work in the offensive, the more so because he mentions incidentally, as a matter regarding which there can be no dispute, that the German authorities have long since advocated the use of artificial cover in the attack, and points out that when the ground was frozen or rocky, and the spade could make no impression upon it, the attacking Japanese infantry not infrequently went forward, carrying with them filled sandbags weighing as much as forty pounds. He remarks that if the undoubtedly brave Japanese soldier found it necessary to load himself with so bulky and burdensome a protection when advancing in the open against an intrenched enemy it would seem far better to equip the infantry with a light, handy shield. Furnished with a handle by which to carry it, a loophole to fire through and some arrangement to prevent its falling down, the infantryman would then find himself, like his gunner comrade, protected by a bullet-proof shield. The writer in the Wochenblatt suggests that on the march the shield should be carried on the back, when going into action on the chest, and when advancing to the attack in the left hand, so as to be at once available for use when lying down to fire, both as head cover and rifle rest. YOUR HAIR SHOULD BE DRAB. That is the Fashionable Color, So an Authority Says. "Deep auburn and the drab shades are the fashionable colors in hair this season," said the woman who makes hair coloring a speciality, as placidly as though she were commenting on the state of the weather or the advance style in dress goods. "One of my customers has to my knowledge worn five different colors or shades on her wavy tresses. Having been blessed with medium brown hair by nature she became a ravishing blonde when the fashion for bleaching first came in. "Next she took to titan red after a trip to the art galleries of Europe. Tnen she thought she would be more attractive as a brunette, and now her hair is drab. "The last is by far the most popular of all for the reason that is most difficult to obtain, and then it is pretty generally becoming, and it happens that women who are born with this particular color of hair are almost always clever. "How is it done? Well, in case of a woman whose hair is dark a bleach must first be used before the dye is applied. With women whose hair has turned gray it is a still simpler problem. The color lasts a year, while the head can be washed and even salt water bathing does not affect it."—New York Sun What Money Will Do. They say that money can not buy The sweetest things in life— Health, heaviest respect, content, Or e'en a loving wife. They say that money can not buy These things for me, alas! But I— Well—I don't know! What bought my private car? Just wealth. What bought my lovely yacht. Which sails me to lands where health Is found in every spot? What pays my specialist, dear Jim. To keep me in such perfect trim? Well—I don't know! What bought the most delightful wife A man could hope to win? What bought And heaven? Oh, of course, I don't Expect to get in free; But if the Lord meant what he said Concerning charity. For happiness? Well, money bought It bought this chair in which I loll, It bought this chair in which I loll, It bought this private car; It bought this private car, It guess, If all this is not happiness. Not a Good Advertisement. A Welsh judge had before him a case in which a printer sued a pork butcher for the value of a large parcel of paper bags with the butcher's advertisement printed thereon. The printer, having no suitable illustration to embellish the work, thought he improved the occasion by putting an elaborate royal arms above the man's name and address, but ultimately the latter refused to pay. The judge, looking over a specimen, observed that for his part he thought the lion and the unicorn were much nicer than an old fat pig. "O well," answered the butcher, "perhaps your honor likes to eat animal like that, but my customer's don't. I don't kill lions and unicorns—I only kill fat pigs!" Verdict for defendant.—New York World. A Kansas City man purchased a city lot with the restriction that he should not build a house on it to cost less than $2,500. After having paid for the lot he decided to build a $1,500 cottage. Before he had completed it the real estate man from whom he had bought the lot threatened to sue him for breach of contract. "This little shack you are building," said the real estate man, "lacks a whole lot of beating a $2,500 house such as you agreed to build." "Don't form too hasty judgment," replied the owner. "True, it hasn't post that much yet, but I intend to put a solid gold brick in the chimney." —Kansas City Times Telephone Bell W. 32. W. B. R. FUNERAL and Embalmer. The very b for all Purpo The Best Equipped Whit sick an on Short Notice. Charges I sota Ave., Karn Western B. Raymon GENERAL DIRECTOR ner. The very best of Service, Fin for all Purposes, at all Hours. Equipped White Enameled Ambu sick and wounded Notice. Charges Reasonable. Call at sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. W. B. Raymond FUNERAL DIRECTOR and Embalmer. The very best of Service, Fine Carriages for alll Purposes, at all Hours. The Best Equipped White Enameled Ambulance for sick and wounded on Short Notice. Charges Reasonable. Call at 431 Minne sota Ave., Kansas City, Kansay. Western University THE GREAT EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR KANSAS AND THE WEST DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Nor- 工业rial. COURSES:—Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Su- sical (Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, or- mony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpe- and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, ences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION:—For terms, prices and all inducem- write to WILLIAM T. VERNON, A. M., PRESIDENT, QUINDARO, MENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Norma ial. —Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub- Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, or Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpe- ook-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and ing, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking and Gardening. IES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, and Thorough Teachers. ION:—For terms, prices and all induceme to IAM T. VERNON, A. M., I PRESIDENT, DEPARTMENTS:—Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES:—Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical (Instrumental and Vocal), including piano, organ and harmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES:—Splendid Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION:—For terms, prices and all inducements offered write to Phones Office—Bell—"White" 4302. Residence—Bell—"West" 15. Why does colored people as well as uncolored people set in the dark or by a smoky poor light and drink muddy bad water full of disease germs. When they can get a first-class Bright Gas Burner Light Gas Burner Light Bright Gas Burner Light For 35 to 75 cents. And a Self Clean that makes the water clean For 50 t A. J. SH Self Cleaner Water makes the water clear as a Crystal and Health For 50 to 75 cents. A. J. SHERIDAN ROOM 8, A AVE. KANSAS CITY made of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular seller by trading at a popular store? A. J. MADDUX, Fruit and Fancy Grocer meats and all Kinds of Produce. that makes the water clear as a Crystal and Healthy. For 50 to 75 cents. "In the shade of the Old Apple not you be popular by trading at a p L. J. M Staple and Fa Meats and all K "In the shade of the Old Apple Tree" is a very popular song—Why not you be popular by trading at a popular store? L. J. MADDUX, Staple and Fancy Groceries Meats and all Kinds of Produce. HOME PHONE 784 WEST In an Excuse Book. Because its employees were late a London house provided a book in which the tardy ones were to write excuses. Reasons for lateness were not much varied. At the top of the page one would write "Train delayed," or "Omnibus horse died," as the case might be, and the rest fell into the habit of making ditto marks and letting it go at that. But not long ago one man had a new excuse. He wrote with pride: "Wife had twins." The second slow person that morning was in a great hurry, and did not notice the innovation, but made his customary ditto marks, and the rest of the men on that page followed suit. The excuse book was abolished. Example of the Postage Stamp EXAMPLE OF the Postage Stamp. The late Judge Andrew Wylie, of Virginia, had a happy gift of illustration. The judge cast in 1860 the only vote for Lincoln that was given in Alexandria, Va. In an address on Lincoln he once illustrated in an odd way the power of perseverance. "Lincoln persevered," he said, "and it is only those who persevere, they who concentrate their energies, who succeed. Don't give three years to journalism and then, discouraged, try the law awhile. Don't learn the grocery business and in a little while take up placer mining or plumbing. Consider, rather, the postage stamp, whose useful depends on its ability to stick to one thing until it gets there." Think What a Family "Well," said the first policyholder, throwing aside his paper, "there is at least one thing we can be thankful for concerning our Mutual friend, Mr. McCurdy." "What's that?" inquired the second policyholder. "That he isn't a Mormon." 530 MINNESOTA AVE. 852 FREEMAN AVE. Telephone Home W.3 Raymond DIRECTOR rest of Service, Fine Carriages ses, at all Hours. E Enameled Ambulance for wounded Reasonable. Call at 431 Minne as City, Kansay. University College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Normal, Musical), including piano, organ and harp and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Action, Healthful Climate, Good Influ- rices and all inducements offered. ARNON, A. M., D. D. PRESIDENT, KANSAS. is uncolored peoplet set in the dark or it and drink muddy bad disease germs. er Light aner Water Eilter or as a Crystal and Healthy. to 75 cents. ERIDAN OM 8, KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Tree" is a very popular song—Why popular store? ADDUX, Ncy Groceries Kinds of Produce. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Res. 420 Nebraska ave. Tel. 383 White SOUTH AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTE Office Hours: From 10 a. m., till 4 p. m. and from 6 till 9 p. m., C. H. C. JORDAN, M. M., M. D. Here is the Place J. T. Roberts TONSORIAL PARLOR All the Latest Style Hair Cuts, Clean Shave strictly Up-to-Date 438 MINNESOTA AVE. An Old French Sailor. French seamen have a dozen in the person of a centenarian. The old sailor belongs alike to the navy and to the merchant service, for he served in both, and it would be difficult to say in which of the two his adventures were the most thrilling. His record includes three shipwrecks, the battle of Navarino, in which he won mention in orders, the blockade of Algiers, one capture by brigands, followed by himself and his companions seizing the Spanish ship which captured the corsair which had captured them. After serving many years before the mast he became a master and small ship owner on his own account. His name is Pierre Loirat. He was born in November, 1805, and at 12 he went to sea. ROOM 8. yor CRUMBO ge PE-RU-NA. ee ae Cee : 3 oe oe re oe — of a oe —S oo (hte _ De ‘ily Endorsement of Pe-ru-na fased On Its Merits.”” —Ed. Crumbo. j, CRUMBO, Ex-Mayor of New jitany, Ind., writes from 511 E. jak street: iMy endorsement of Peruna is a its merits, ja man is sick he looks anxiously jwmething which will cure him, }peruna will do the work, iI now that it will cure catarrh of or stomach, indigestion, head- and any weary or sick feeling. itis bound to help anyone, if used ing to directions, also know dozens of men who in the highest terms of Peruna pare yet to hear of anyone being pointed in it.” (rambo, in a later letter, dated 25, 1004, says: is health is good, at present, but if id have to take any more medi- will fall back on Peruna.” ~ at — ) <= BE ‘ 13 Oh, Boys! Oh, Boys f Fyne Base Ball, by selling 24 aplendid Y eeeaes ero A Rineet end PO Com 29'W, 1ath Street, NEW YORK. "7" ETS PASTICLES, Asthma, ELL & OO Mfrs, Ghavieatuwwa. Mase undertaker never complains ie is worked to death. Important to Mothers; ine carefully every bottle of CASTORTIA, feand eure remedy for infants and children, ‘The Kind You Have Always ‘Bought, Shai Geen ee Good Health! fo get it. How to maintain it: fsature’s medicine, Garfield lea, laxative. It is ‘made of he bs. "ts the blood and establishes a nor- tion of liver, kidneys, stomach and I hear that they eloped at it by a dark moon. Edna— ‘d her father detected the meat and ran after them with a Eva Gracious! And did he them? Edna—Oh, he wasn't ‘o catch them—he was merely to speed the horse—Judge. Best Guaranty of Merit ls Open Publicity. facticines togsiag the ee cae icines leaving the great Pt Gtelo, N'Y», hus printed Pins peal tle Ingredient nto fs composition: his. fact aces Dr. Pierce's Family Medi- 2 class all by themselves. ‘They te classed with patent oF secret Secause they are neither. - This 3 many unprejudiced paysicians the and recommend. them. to Rtlcuts. “They lnow what. they paised of, and that the ingredients salorsed by the most eminent anthorities JNther “fet that neither Dr. javlden Medical Discovery, the musch tonic, liver invigorator, autor and blood purifier, nor his te Prescription” for “weal over =; Meken-dowa, nervous women, ceui{ ytlcohol, ‘also entitles them “eal by themselves. eieuth aco, Dr. Pierce discovered ne icalp pure glycerine, of proper i 4.8 better solvent and presery- fe 08, tedicinal principles resid. fact, (2igenous, or native, medi tint 28" 18 aleohol; and, farther- a: i Possesses valuable medicinal Bre cits own, being demuleent, euegtiseptic, and a most efficient ritot the above medicines con- erat O° any harmful, habit- gh, 38 ill be ‘seem "from 3 api’ formula printed on eacl Beer They are safe to use and lr do pire : nnd Wysicians prescribe the 2 ecret medicines largely, but 1 tallivent people exploy them Rican? “ould not think of using ‘agngMteuts or secret medicines not et entering into. the com: vara"; Pierce's medicines “has Jaime Kind of an endorsement Khai, Medical writers of the Paso, Practice. No’ other Sproat, £08 like purposes has Page sstonal endorsement. Conleasant Pellets eure con. vane uation is the cause of ties" Care' tha oats ae you ene “Pellet fs seat ni fet a willd cathartic," Drage Ruy wy and nothing is “fost aa TW take as candy, TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS eek a ae ee en ee appointed vice president of the Nat- ional Association of Rural Ronte Car- rlers, sueeeding E. E. Dyer of Aurora, resigned, Chancellor Von Buelow left his bed in Berlin yesterday and sat in a chaiv in his garden. Professor Renvere: says he will restore the chancellor to perfect health, As the result of eating poke root th 38-year-old son of Fount Phillips, living a few miles south of Evansville, Ind. is dead and his Gyearold brother probably will die, Senator Alger so far recovered from his illness as to be able to attend the session of the senate. He was greet. ed warmly by his colleagues and told them that with care he expected to im- prove rapidly. Four Lascars on board the steam ship Burrsfield, from Bombay, which is being detained in quarantine at Phil adelphia, Pa., are pronounced by the quarantine officers to be sufferin; from bubonic plague. The formation of a fire brick com Dination to include 90 per cent of the independent concers of western Pen nsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Vir. ginia, New York and Kentucky, with @ daily output of 1,600,000 bricks, ts being arranged in Pittsburg. It is expected that 90 per cent of the miners in the Pittsburg district Who have not been working will re turn soon, while the storm centers in other districts are growing mor: settled and there is every evidence that the men will return to work be fore many days. Ninety-six cases of typhoid fever were reported to the Pittsburg (Pa.) bureau of health yesterday. These are eases that have developed over Sun: day, and is a greater number than haa developed in any like period since the epidemic broke out. The state of feel- ign about the city borders almost up. on a panic, A bar of gold bullion, weighing 850 ounces and valued at about $17,000, was stolen ip shipment between Georgetown, British Guiana, and New York. The discovery of the theft was made shortly after the steamer Kar- oma, which carried the bullion, arriv- ed in theport of New Yory. Federal rather than state charac ters for all corporations doing an in. terstate business were advocated by Judge Peter S. Grosscup of Chicago in a speech at the Economie club din. ner at Boston, Mass. This, he de- clared, would be the only way to put a check to dishonest corporations which, under present conditions, are preying upon the public. | ‘Throughout Minois tae price of coal at the mines has jumped from $1 to $1.50 a ton. At the retail yards in Chicago the householder who de- sires to purchase two or three tons discovers he ts compelled to pay from 20 to 40 cents more a ton for fuel. The reason given by the mine owners for the advance is the growing appre. hension that a shortage is in sight. Because the officials of the bank at Lynchburg, Ohio. in Highland coun. ty, signed the petition for an election to decide upon ousting the saloons in the village the faction opposed to oust- ing saloons organtzed a run on the bank and nearly $15,000 was paid out. Most of the money was deposited tn the bank again because it was found that the bank was able to meet all de. mands, After a conference with President Roosevelt, Chairman Grosvenor of the house committee on merchant marine and fisheries at Washington announe. ed that his committee mtends this week to question officials of the Untt- ed States Steel corporation concern- ing the reported sale of steel products abroad for prices lower than charged in this country. The inquiry will be incidental to the hearing of the ship subsidy bill. The Straits of Mackinac are open to navigation for the season. An easter. ly gale, which has been blowing for the last twenty-four hours and now tis increasing in velocity, and the heavy seas have broken the straits ice fields. ne water extends from Bois Blanc light to Wangoschance. The ice fields in the south passage are holding from Freedom to Cheboygan, but are break- ing rapidly along the north edge. This passage soon will be open, In the senate at Paris Baron d’Es- tournells de Constant urged an inter. in the south passage are holding from Freedom to Cheboygan, but are break. ing rapidly along the north edge. This passage soon will be open. In the senate at Paris Baron d'Es tournells de Constant urged an inter. national agreement providing for a gradual naval disarmament. Admire} Culliver opposed the _ proposition, pointing out the tendency of nation: to increase their armaments. The senate voted the naval budget after Navy Minister Thomson's declaration that the programme was calculated to maintain France’s maritime rank. the minister calling on the parliament to consent to the necessary sacrifices in order to assure the national security. The members of the Russian loan syndicate announced at Paris the is- ste will total $40,000,000 of 5 per cent bonds. The Ohio coal operators held a largely attended -meeting at Cleve- land, at which it was unanimously de- cided to stand by their previously ex- pressed determination not to grant the demand of the miners for the ad- option of the scale of 1902. Resolu- tions were also adopted strongly crit- icising the action of President Rob- bins of the Pittsburg Coal company for making terms with the miners. AND — OTHERS. ‘The better class of druggists, everywhere, are men of scientific attainments and high integrity, who devote their lives to the welfare of their fellow men in supplying the best of remedies and purest medicinal agents of known value, in accordance with physicians’ prescriptions and scientific formula. Druggists of the better class manuiacture many excellent remedies, but always under original or officinal names and they never sell false brands, or imitation medicines. They are the men to deal with when in need of anything in their line, which usually includes all standard remedies and corresponding adjuncts of a first-class pharmacy and the finest and best of toilet articles and preparations and many useful accessories and remedial appliances. The earning of a fair living, with the satisfaction which arises from a knowledge of the benefits conferred upon their patrons and assistance to the medical profession, is usually their greatest | reward for long years of study and many hours of daily toil. ‘They all know that Syrup of Figs is an excellent laxative remedy and that it gives universal satisfaction, and therefore they are selling many millions of bottles annually to the well informed purchasers of the choicest remedies, and they always take. pleasure in handing out the genuine article bearing the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package. They know that in cases of colds and heudaches attended by biliousness and constipation and of weakness or torpidity of the liver and bowels, arising from irregular habits, indigestion, or over-eating, that there is no other remedy go pleasant, prompt and beneficial in its effects as Syrup of Figs, and they are glad to sell it because it gives universal satisfaction. Owing to the excellence of Syrup of Figs, the universal satisfaction which it gives and the immense demand for it, imitations have been made, tried and condemned, but there are individual druggists to be found, here and there, who do not maintain the dignity and principles of the profession and whose greed gets the better of their judgment, and who do not hesitate to recommend and try to sell the imitations in order to make a larger profit. Such preparations sometimes have the name— Syrup of Figs”—or “Fig Syrup” and of some piratical concern, or fictitious fig syrup company, printed on the package, but they never have the full name of the Company—California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of the package. ‘The imitations should be rejected because they are injurious to the system. In eatetoal the imitations they find it necessary to resort to misrepresentation or deception. and whenever a dealer passes off on a customer a preparation under the name of “Syrup of Figs” or “Fig Syrup,” which does not bear the full name of the California Fig Syrup Co. printed on the front of the package, he is attempting to deceive and mislead the patron who has been go unfortunate as to enter his establishment, whether it be large or small, for if the dealer resorts to misrepresentation and and deception in one case he will do so with other medicinal agents, and in the filling of hysicians’ prescriptions, and should be avoided by every one who values health and happiness. aes that the great majority of druggists are reliable, we supply the immense demand for our excellent remedy entirely through the drugeists, of whom it may be purchased every- where, in original packages only, at the regular price of fifty cents per bottle, but as exceptions exist it is necessary to inform the public of the facts, in order that all may decline or return any imitation which may be sold to them. If it does not bear the full name of the Company— California Fig Syrup Co.—printed on the front of every package, do not hesitate to return the article and to demand the return of your money, and in future go to one of the better class of druggists who willsell you what you wish and the best of everything in hig line at reasonable prices, NN a iy Re ESOS a5 RIGS ee aaa gc eV NI Ne cee ce weg of 3 a Thousands of Women Suffer suffer every month in silence, tortures that would drive a man to the edge of des- Pair. The ailments peculiar to women are not only painful but dangerous and e «ff should receive prompt treatment before they grow worse. If you suffer from pain, In irregular functions, f..lling feelings, headache, side ache, dizziness, tired feeling, etc., follow the example of thous- ands of women who have e been relieved or cured, and E Silence take Wine of Cardui. A LIVING DEATH. Vividly Described By @ Citizen of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Andrew Johnson, 411 West Twelfth St, Sioux Falls, S. D., says: “Doan’'s : Kidney Pills saved Ss my life. My doctor, fo from a careful an- Keetcei@ alysis of the urine f} SI a, and a diagnosis of Ses : my case, had told '4-geF = me I could not live Neg fy siz weeks, I was NG struck down in the NW street with kidney NG trouble, and for a LRN Nj} whole year could WA not leave the house. g Aidney Pills saved <a my life. My doctor, fa from a. careful an- Keetcei@ alysis of the urine f} SI my, and a diagnosis of Ses E my case, had told (4aeF = me I could not live » 0 six idee 1 ‘ied i. A struck down in the NW street with kidney epee trouble, and for a RG Fava) whole year could Fab dna nM not leave the house. I lost flesh, my eyes failed me, I bloated at times, my back hurt and I suffered a living death. There seemed no hope until I began using Doan’'s Kidney Pills. Then I began to im- Prove. The pain left gradually, the swellings subsided, 1 gained appetite and weight, and to make a long story short, I got well!” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. ¥. “Did you order him to desist when he Kissed you?” “No, ma.” “Well, why did you not?” “Why, ma, you've no idea how timid he is.”—Houston Post. | SAVED BABY LYON’S LIFE. Awful sight From That Dreadful Com- plaint, Infantile Eczema—Mother Praises Cuticura Remedies. “Our baby had that dreadful com- plaint, Infantile Eezema, which affict- ed him for several months, commen- cing at the top of his head, and at last covering his whole body. His suffer- ings were untold and constant misery, in fact, there was nothing we would not have done to have given him re: Hef. We finally procured a full set of the Cuticura Remedies, and in about three or four days he began to show a brighter spirit and really laughed, for the first time in a year, In about ninety days he was fully recovered. Praise for the Cuticura Remedies has always been our greatest pleasure, and there {s nothing too good that we could say in their favor, for they cer- tainly saved our baby's life, for he was the most awful sight that I ever deneld, prior to the treatment of the Cuticura Remedies. Mrs. Maebelie Lyon, 1826 Appleton Ave., Parsons, Kan, July 18, 1905." Blobbs—“What sort of luck did you have when you played poker witn Skinnum?” Slobbs—“Fair I got away with some of my money, Consular Reform, American business men in all parts of the country are taking an active interest in the bill for the reorganiza- tion of the consular service now pend- ing in congress. Objections to this measure seem to come only from the professional politicians, and it 1s not at all likely that the most important business interests of the country will be allowed to suffer in order that places may be kept open for political workers.—Pueblo Chieftain, _ Lewis’ Single Binder straight Se cigar. Wicde of extra quality tobacco. Your calor or Lewis’ Factory, Peoria, 1, A Fugitive From Justice? Tax-dodging, complicated with per- Jury, is one of the recognized recrea- tions of the unco rich in this coun- try. Magistrate-dodging, in connec- tion with automobile “accidents,” is another. No billionaire takes shame to himself for either of these forms of pastime. But subpoena-dodging is not quite on the same footing with tax-dodging, or even with summons. dodging. The distinction between 2 subpoena-dodger and a fugitive from justice is difficult to draw.—New York Times, FITS Eerie Be MiinotathseaeNetre Restor fr, Send for FREE W2-00 inl colt wad wonton Dia RUE a wr ioek SetsePaliade Be Prosperous Without Education. “So you don't believe in college education?” “No, sir. After graduation 1 near- ly starved to death practicing law.” “But you look prosperous now.” “Yes, sir. I went into vaudevilie and made a fortune balancing a bar- rel on my feet while standing on my head.”—Detroit Free Press. Emphasize “Now.” “I'm in sympathy with the prest- dent’s fight for railway rate regula. tions,” says Senator Steve Elkins of West Virginia, and some of our satirl- cal exchanges are saying that the president now needs sympathy, in- deed—Tacoma Ledger. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing : For enfaren Teottens ihe peyced ini eee ori ao ) ean Emperor William has issued orders that artists who desire to caricature the imperial person can do so with- out any fear of the penalties for lese majeste. That's a good way to take the point off the cartoonists’s pencil. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Women in Our Hospitals In in the Number of Oper. Appelne toceaece Year How Women Mer Avoid Them. Ww OS a L We iS, ‘ 4 Ay oD : a \ reer ws ee Rey 8 ae r all Ow. | VN Ey, ENA ey RS AS CANS ee ry: =" YS a LMlisRay Miahrush 8 Mrs. AliceBerr hills Going through the hospitals in onr large cities one is surprised to find such a large proportion of the patients lying on those snow-white Peas ‘women and girls, who are either awaiting or recovering from serious operations, Why should this be the case? Sim- ply because they have neglected them. selves. Female troubles are certainly on the increase among the women of this country—they creep upon them unawares, ‘but every one of those patients in the hospital beds had plenty of warning in that bearing-down feel- ing, painatleftorrightof theabdomen, nervous exhaustion, pain in the small of the back, dizziness, flatulency, dis- placements of the organs or irregular ities. All of these symptoms are indi- cations of an unhealthy condition of the female organs, and if not heeded the penalty has to be paid bya danger- us operation. 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Shaler, dean of Lawrence scientific school of Harvard university and an eminent geologist, died recently of pneumonia. Claud Rozwadski, for 12 years Italian consul general at Chicago, is dead. King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena have personally visited the vicinity of Vesuvius to console and encourage the sufferers. Dr. Seal Harris, of the University of Alabama, in a talk with President Roosevelt recently, declared that the negro race in the south was likely to become extinct through the ravages of consumption. Congressman Nicholas Longworth, of Ohio, was the guest of honor at a recent dinner given by the Hamilton Club of Chicago, in celebration of Appomatox day. James A. Bailey, of the Barnum & Bailey Shows, died recently at his home in Mount Vernon, N. Y., of erysiplas. The date for the wedding of King Alfonso and Princess Ena has been definitely fixed for June 1. Capt. Duncan Kennedy, of the United States cruiser Charleston, died recently at Guantanamo, Cuba, as the result of an operation for appendicitis. Congressional. Railroad rate legislation was the topic at a recent White house conference participated in by the president and Senators Nelson, Simmons and Overman. The resolution of Representative Norris, of Nebraska, providing for the election of United States senators by direct vote of the people has been favorably acted upon by the house committee on elections. The house committee on labor has acted favorably on a bill prohibiting interstate commerce in prison made goods. James S. Sherman, of New York, has been elected chairman of the republican congressional campaign committee. For more than four hours recently Senator Bailey, of Texas, held the undivided attention of his colleagues while he discussed the railroad rate bill. The speech was one of the most notable in the recent history of the senate. Miscellaneous Pittsburg, Pa., is suffering from an epidemic of typhoid fever. The hospitals of the city are taxed to their capacity, more than 500 cases being taken in four days recently. Corporal Tanner, commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., in his annual address requests that Union veterans decorate the graves of Confederate dead on May 30. The average condition of winter wheat on April 1, as reported by the agricultural department, was $9.1. The anthracite coal operators, have rejected the miners' proposition for arbitration, and submitted a new one which has been taken under advisement by the miners. An immense throng of people greeted John Alexander Dowie upon his arrival in Chicago recently. He took rooms at a hotel and delayed his visit to Zion City until armed with proper legal documents which he believed would place him once more in power. He expressed fear of bodily harm from his enemies in the church. Germany and England have joined with the United States in objecting to the date set by Russia for the second peace conference at The Hague. Maxim Gorky, the Russian revolutionary writer, who is ill in New York, has issued a statement that he came to America to regain his health, and not to seek assistance for the freedom of Russia. President J. Hampton Moore, of the National Republican league, has issued a call for the biennial convention at Philadelphia June 17, 18 and 19. The occasion will mark the 50th anniversary of the first republican national convention. Germany's annual drink bill is $672, 588,000. By contrast her expenditures for education were $99,722,000, for workmen's insurance $104,244,000 and for army and navy $203,847,000. The most recent revolution in Santo Domingo has been satisfactorily settled and everything is now quiet. Three Chicago boys were maimed for life recently by the explosion of a dynamite cartridge with which they were playing. Ethelbert Watts, United States consul at St. Petersburg, has arrived at Washington with a letter from Premier Witte for President Roosevelt. Six persons were killed and several injured in a tornado which swept over Briggs, Texas, recently. The price of crude oil was recently advanced three cents a barrel for all fields except Kentucky and Kansas. Le Grand Norton Denslow, an American doctor residing in London, is credited with having discovered a cure for locomotor ataxia. Luang Prabang, capital of French Indo-China, has been almost destroyed by fire. Five hundred houses and the French school were burned. The announcement comes from Washington that the effort to punish the packers as individuals for combining in restraint of trade is to be renewed with promptitude and vigor. The work of destruction by Vesuvius has reached an appaling magnitude. Refugees from the destroyed villages poured into Naples by thousands. The roads were crowded with men and women bearing crosses and crying piteously. Several towns have been almost completely buried in ashes. Seven houses were completely destroyed and many other buildings damaged by a tornado which visited Stafford, Kan., recently. There were no fatalities. The national headquarters of the Woman's Suffrage association at Warren, O., has received a complete history of woman suffrage comprising nearly 4,000 volumes which weigh ten tons. The books were bequeathed by the late Susan B. Anthony. For the first time in 30 years, gambling has ceased at Hot Springs, Ark bling has ceased at Hot Springs, Ark. Edward Blackburn, treasurer of the Wichita, Kan., Stock Yards company has been arrested charged with embezzling $20,000 from the company. He has confessed. The Mount Olivett market in Naples covering space 600 feet square recently collapsed from the weight of ashes on the roof killing or injuring more than 200 persons. This disaster added to the terror of the Vesuvius eruption drove the people almost to a frenzy. Messrs. Green and Gaynor, recently convicted at Savannah, Ga., of conspiracy to defraud the government, were each sentenced to a term of four years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $575,749.90. The supreme court of the United States has decided a case in favor of the Cleveland street railway company which involves the fight for three cent fares. Dissensions have already appeared among the constitutional democrats of Russia who were, victorious in the recent elections for parliament and a split is probable. The drydock Dewey recently broke its tow lines while off Malta and drifted about in a storm for 23 hours before the towing vessels got control again. Nathan Isaacs leaped from the new bridge in New York recently into East river 135 feet below. He was rescued in an unconscious condition and may recover. His shoes were torn from his feet and his clothing was in ribbons. Robert Underwood Johnson, associate editor of the Century magazine has telegraphed a graphic description of the destruction in the vicinity of Vesuvius from personal observations. He declares he has witnessed nothing so impressive since the great Chicago fire. Twenty years, he says, will not repair the damage. The state of Pennsylvania has recovered all the public funds amounting to $1,030,000 which were on deposit in the Enterprise National bank at the time of its failure. Gen. Castro has temporarily resigned as president of Venezuela and Gen. Gomez, the first vice president is now the ostensible head of the republic. The southwestern soft coal operators have adopted resolutions calling upon the president to appoint a commission to arbitrate the differences with their employees. The miners were not consulted in the matter. The federal grand jury at Topeka recently returned 14 indictments only one of which was for land frauds. The Russian government has advised Secretary Root that it is entirely willing to have the meeting of the second Hague conference postponed. Messrs. Green and Gaynor whose trial for conspiracy to defraud the government has been proceeding for more than three months at Savannah, Ga., have been convicted. The Missouri Democratic Press association gave a banquet at Kansas City recently at which nearly every county in the state was represented. Gov. Folk, Senator Stone and Representative Charles Towne were the guests of honor. The joint conference of the Iowa miners and operators has resulted in an agreement by which the miners get all the advances asked for. The mines will resume May 1. Mount Vesuvius has ceased to give any signs of life and seems to have spent itself. Only desolation remains to tell the story of the great eruption of 1906. The American National Live Stock association has decided to establish independent commission houses at Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph and Chicago as soon as arrangements can be completed. Chief Justice Gabbert, of the Colorado supreme court, in a supplemental opinion in the Moyer case declares that the governor of the state has the power to suspend habeas corpus at his discretion and that the courts cannot review the action. A case of yellow fever has been reported at Kenner, La.,. The overwhelming victory of the constitutional democrats in the election at Moscow have brought the struggle between reaction and reform in Russia to a head. Premier Witte has again tendered his resignation to the emperor. The Indiana republicans in state convention at Indianapolis strongly indorsed the administration of President Roosevelt. Short addresses were made by Senators Beveridge and Hemenway. RHEUMATISM CURED RHEUMATISM CURED The Disease Yielded Readily to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills After Other Treatment Failed. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure rheumatism because they supply the necessary elements to the viated blood and enable nature to cast out the impurities and effect a cure. Mrs. A. Baker, of No. 119 Fitch street, Syracuse, N. Y., will furnish living evidence of the truth of this statement. "There has been rheumatism in my family ever since I can remember," she says. "My grandmother was a great sufferer from muscular rheumatism and my mother also had the disease in a mild form. About a year ago I had a hard cold and rheumatism caught me in my left knee. There were sharp pains, confined to the neighborhood of the knee and they seemed to go right into the bone. The pain I suffered was intense and I also had dizzy spells. "The doctors called my trouble urticial and sciatic rheumatism. When I didn't get better under their treatment my brother-in-law suggested that I try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I bought three boxes, and, by the time I had taken them, the pain and dizziness had entirely left me. I wanted to make sure of a cure so I bought three more boxes, but I didn't take quite all of them as I found that I was entirely cured. "Before I took the pills the pain was so severe that I had to cry at times and when I was cured I was so thankful and grateful and I am glad to recommend them to every one who suffers with rheumatism." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured severe cases of anemia, sciatica, nervousness, partial paralysis, locomotor ataxia and St. Vitus' dance that have not responded to other modes of treatment. All druggists sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or they will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. A new ground for divorce has been discovered in California, extending the old principles, "Love me, love my dog." Judge Harris, of Oakland, granted divorce to a woman because her husband had thrown her pet dog out of the window, breaking the leg, and otherwise cruelly treating it. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell completely; denature the whole system when it comes in contact with it. The articles should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they cause is not only to the skin but also to the blood from them. Hall's Cat's Cure Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, no lead, no lead compounds, and no blood and mucous surfaces of the system, buying Hall's Cat's Cure cure be sure you get the product from F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co., Testimonial free. Sold by Druglugs. Price, 75c per bottle. "Jury Fixing. Even in these days of exciting investigations and revelations there is no subject of more vital interest to the people than the charges that juries have been systematically tampered with in the interest of the corporations controlling the city railways. There is a somewhat confusing municipality of actions in connection with the matter at the moment, and the State Bar association does well to defer its proposed inquisition until the outcome of the present proceedings becomes known. The steps now being taken originated in the confessions of a discharged employee of the company, and while such testimony is accepted with caution, the corroborative evidence that juries were "padded" or bribed is very strong. In fact, the present general counsel for the street railway system admits that "there appears to be some ground for the belief that a ring did exist in the city court assistant clerks and detectives"—meaning detectives working for the railway. New York Herald. Prespiration and Peace. It will soon be getting so hot at Algeciras that the delegates will be likely to agree even if they have to yield a little all around. No diplomat likes to sweat.—Chicago Record-Herald. DECAYED STARCH A Food Problem: An Asheville man tells how right food did that which medicines had failed to accomplish "For more than 15 years," he says, "I was afflicted with stomach trouble and intestinal indigestion, gas forming in stomach and bowels and giving me great distress. These conditions were undoubtedly due to the starchy food I ate, white bread, potatoes, etc., and didn't digest. I grew worse with time, till, 2 years ago, I had an attack which the doctor diagnosed as appendicitis. When the surgeon operated on me, however, it was found that my trouble was ulcer of the pancreas, instead of appendicitis. "Since that time I have had several such attacks, suffering death, almost. The last attack was about 3 months ago, and I endured untold agonies. "The doctor then said that I would have to eat less starchy stuff, so I began the use of Grape-Nuts food for I knew it to be pre-digested, and have continued same with most gratifying results. It has built me up wonderfully. I gained 10 pounds in the first 8 weeks that I used Grape-Nuts, my general health is better than ever before, my brain is clearer and my nerves stronger. "For breakfast and dinner, each, I take 4 teaspoonfuls of Grape-Nuts with cream, a small slice of dry toast, an egg soft boiled and a cup of Postum; and I make the evening meal on Grape-Nuts and cream alone—this gives me a good night's rest and I am well again." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," is pkgs. SHORT KANSAS ITEMS Burdett boasts of a new bank. The supply of greens in Kansas is short. Kansas mines, more zinc than any other state. Cherry trees are in bloom in Southern Kansas. Dodge City, Kas., will hold a reunion in August. A cocaine peddler has been arrested in Lawrence. The Farmers' shipping association is in session at Topeka. The city council at Salina stands four "wet" and four "dry." There is an early closing movement on among Kansas merchants. Sarah Bernhardt was booked for a performance in Arkansas City. Plans for a new city jail are being considered by the Canton council. The jail in Miami county has not had a single prisoner for several days. Newton has a distinguished visitor in the person of Rear Admiral Miller, retired. The Kansas Pharmaceutical association will hold its annual meeting at Emporia, May 22-24. A man in Barber county who decided he had more back yard than he needed is advertising 6,642 acres for sale. The cause of law enforcement in Kansas City is being handicapped materially by the presence of Mrs. Carrie Nation. A Lawrence negro who told the police he was a miner by trade is found to have told half a truth—he is a kalo-miner. "The day of the boss and the grafter is over." exclaims the Wellington News. Hooray—but wait a minute; is their day over? A "Doctor of Magnetics" is working in Kiowa. He ought to go to Medicine Lodge, where nearly everyone has "magnetism." As proof that the campaign is beginning to warm up, Adjutant General Hughes has ordered 400 campaign hats for the militia. A young woman in Washington county has the "health fad" to such an extent that she sleeps on a matress stuffed with breakfast food. Trego's six-word Republican platform is giving that county the greatest renown it has enjoyed since the gold-bearing shale was discovered. Topeka's new Y. M. C. A. building is to be just across the street from the Copeland hotel, but there will be no competition between them. The Wichita Eagle offers the helpful suggestion that if no one else will take the nomination the Kansas Democrats might put up Dowie for governor. Forty-two women have registered for the spring election at McPhereson. Kansans say that the Caney gas well has been responsible for the bad weather. The only ballot taken at the Sixth district Republican congressional convention resulted; Reeder, 117; Holland, 9. It does beat the Dutch how Reeder wins. The town of Goffs finds itself not only without a mayor, but without enough members of the city council to constitute a quorum to designate his successor. When the news that Naples was being deluged by cinders reached Ashland a public meeting was held and Prof. Clinker was authorized to cable a message of condolence. The pictures in the last number of both the Western School Journal and the Kansas Educator show that the Kansas teachers are breaking away from the White-nectic habit. "We are asked what office we are a candidate for," says the editor of the Beloit Times. And after some meditation he answered candidly: "Any old thing we can get." A fashion note in the Ottawa Herald says that bath tubs will be smaller this season, and instead of being six feet long this spring's tubs are only four and one-half feet in length. The Meade News announces its purpose to print the names of all the persons in Meade county who have railroad passes, together with explanatory notes as to what they do to get them. A clergyman in Pratt county preached on the subject, "The Seven Devils of Pratt." The Sedwick Pantagraph is of the opinion that seven devils is a town with only two newspapers is too many. "When a man concludes that he is smart enough to beat a poker game or the board of trade, or is able to put up a stiff fight against whiskey, he's about all in," says Clyde McManigal. "Just needs a little push to finish" "If you are superstitious about the number thirteen," says a Kansas editor. "you would better give us your quarter dollars. for on each one are thirteen stars, thirteen letters in the scroll of the eagle's beak, thirteen leaves on the olive branch, thirteen arrow heads and thirteen letters in the words 'quarter dollar.' Now, it's not safe to keep them, so just bring them in and get credit on your subscription for the full amount." The state Sunday school convention is to be held the same day as the Republican state convention. The Hutchinson Independent fears this will greatly distress "Tom" Kelly, "Cy" Leland, "Mort" Albaugh and "Orie" More, who will be deprived of attending one or the other. The wife of a Thomas county farmer died the other day. The funeral was held in Colby, the county seat, ten miles distant. Immediately after the funeral was over the farmer went to the courthouse and got a license to marry his hired girl. He said he didn't want to make another trip to town for awhile. BEGIN AT THE BOTTOM You cannot rear a strong nation on a feeble foundation. You cannot be cathedral if you begin with the spire. You cannot have healthy children improper feeding. Let the children be reared on good, healthy, nourishing food to make them a nation of mental and physical workers, instead of puny, philip men and women. DR. PRICE'S WHEAT FLAKE CELERY FOOD is the best food for the growing child, the laboring man, the feeble and aged. No breakfast food to compare with it. Palatable—Nutritious—Easy of Digestion and Ready to be Can be served hot. Put in a hot oven for a few minutes; or cook in boiling milk to a Dr. Price, the famous food expert, the creator of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder, De- flavoring Extracts, Ice Cream Sugar and Jelly Desserts, has never been compre- nised notwithstanding strenuous Food laws, to change any of his products. They have a conformed to their requirements. This is an absolute guarantee of their quality and "LEADER" AND "REPEATER" SHOTGUN SHELLS Carefully inspected shells, the best of powder, shot and wadding, loaded by machines which give invariable results account for the superiority of Winchester "Leader" and "Repeater" Factory Loaded Smokeless Powder Shells, Reliability, velocity, pattern and penetration are determined by scientific apparatus and practical experiments. They are THE SHELLS THE CHAMPIONS SHOOT WING "LEADER" AND "Carefully inspect shot and wadding give invariable re- ity of Winchester Factory Loaded Reliability, velo- are determined and practical THE SHELLS Jealousy in the West. The western bowling congress is meeting in Salt Lake. It is strange that those fellows always have to sneak around into some alley to hold their meetings—Helena Record. Cures Cancer, Blood Poison and Rheumatism. 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Sanitize free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co. Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice also sent in sealed letter. Startling. "Philadelphia Awake!" is the glaring headline in a Quaker City newspaper.—New York Herald. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful, smarting, nervous feet and ingrowning nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c. Trial package, FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Ro, N. Y. Even with a doctor practice doesn't make perfect, but it often makes him rich. You always get full value in Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c cigar. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Too Thin. There is a representative in congress from the west who is exceedingly thin. 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